Conquer the Canyon Marathon Race Festival: Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K

Conquer the Canyon Marathon Race Festival: Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K
July 26, 2025 in Wellsboro, PA

Please contact events@elitefeats.com with any event questions that you have. Thank you!

We are happy to announce that this event is part of our new Half Marathon Series and Marathon Race Series. More information is available by clicking on the link below 

https://events.elitefeats.com/half

https://events.elitefeats.com/beyond

Special Pricing for 2-days of Events 

If you register for any Saturday, July 26th Conquer the Canyon event — you can use promo code: Elk-Day2 to receive a discount for Sunday, July 27th, Run for the Elk event! Once you pay full price for Conquer the Canyon, register again to add Sunday’s Run for the Elk event. Two events in two days with a discount, what a race weekend! CODE: Elk-Day2

In addition, if you race both days (Conquer and Elk), you'll receive an I Did The Double t-shirt. It doesn't matter which events you run, you'll receive the shirt if you race both days!

Conquer the Canyon is going to be a great event with amazing scenery!  In Wellsboro, the combination of beauty, forests, and the rich history of this area make this a sure-fire destination race for a summer weekend getaway. We have all distances to make sure you are having fun and challenged at the same time. 

• The Full Marathon will be a certified Boston Marathon Qualifier.
  • Certification number PA22017NP and link to certification.
• The marathon will be two loops of the half marathon.
• Here's a mapmyrun.com link to the course.
• The marathon is two loops of the course.
• The 5k goes out 1.55 miles and returns to the finish.
• The 10k goes out 3.1 miles and returns to the finish.
  
  
• All first time half marathon and marathon finishers will receive a plaque that commemorates their first half or full marathon finish.  The athlete will also receive their finisher’s medal. Find Mark at the end of the race and let him know you ran your first marathon or half.
• We are proud to announce that we have a non-binary registration option that has their own awards categories: overall and age groups.
• Course info: 

  The course is actually a combo of road and trail. 

  The half marathon is an out and back loop, out 6.5543 miles and turnaround.

  
  The first 4.2 miles are paved (and hilly!). That part ends around the scenic overlook. For the next 2.3 miles, since there is little auto traffic, it is a trail.

  This trail is hard packed dirt, with no roots or potholes. It's really in very good shape. 

EARLY START INFO

Here is the information going forward for all races regarding early starts:

- No early starts for 5K/10K
- A single early start time 1 hour before the actual start time for Half (& Full if applicable) 
- No awards for any early starts 

Also, anyone doing the early start should be trying to run a 15min mile or slower for the half or full. If they end up doing faster than 2:15 for the half they may not get a time.

SWAG

Fast Finishes is known for high-end, well-designed SWAG at our events. Entry fees will include;

• Beautiful Medal and Lanyard
• T-shirt
• Running ankle socks

2024 Medal

I Run for Fun socks

All of our events feature a 10% discount on race entry for all service members and their family. Click/tap here for more information.

Elite Feats is known for fun, well organized events with incredible SWAG and event food. For additional information, email events@elitefeats.com. We are always happy to answer any questions you have about our races. Our goal is for you to have the very best possible race day experience. For additional information and race updates please check our website: EliteFeats.com

Image by Daina Krumins from Pixabay.

We are proud to announce that we have a non-binary registration option that has their own awards categories: overall and age groups.

All first time half marathon and marathon finishers will receive a plaque that commemorates their first half or full marathon finish.  The athlete will also receive their finisher’s medal. Find Mark at the end of the race and let him know you ran your first marathon or half.

AWARDS

Top 1 — Male & Female and nonbinary

Age Groups — Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k, 5k and Combo platter. Top three in each age group.

Top three male and female and non binary in each age group
19 under
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80 over

• There will not be a formal awards ceremony. Results will be live and you can pickup your award as soon as you finish.
• It is the responsibility of the runner to check their results (the link will be emailed as well as posted in RunSignUp and then go to the award table to pick up their award from the staff member on race day.
• There are event medals for each finisher. Please remember to grab your medal from the table if there is not a person handing them out. This will be at the finish line.
• We can’t mail medals after the event. Unfortunately, we can not mail awards. 

2023 Race Medal

Packet Pickup

Saturday: Pickup will be near the Start/Finish Line Day of the event starting at 6:00 AM to race start

Artist rendering MEDAL 2024

We are proud to support as many charitable causes as part of our mission to help improve people's lives in any way possible. Our charitable donations strategy is to work closely with the permit agencies (municipal, state or private party) and ask them what organizations need financial support for their non-profit activities. A core part of our business mission is to try and help make the world a better place for all people.

We have donated to numerous organizations, including local fire departments, townships, conservation organizations, human relief organizations and most importantly, to organizations that help children in need. After we make sure that our commitments to local organizations are met or exceeded, our favorite national organization is Turnaround Arts. Turnaround Arts works to ensure that every child in America has access to an education rich in the arts. We are happy to contribute as much as possible to Turnaround Arts.

We are happy to partner with the Ohiopyle-Stewart Volunteer Fire Department for this race. 

The events will be run on State Park roads through Colton Point State Park.

The Full Marathon will be a certified Boston Marathon Qualifier.

• Certification number PA22017NP and link to certification for Conquer the Canyon Marathon.

The course map is here: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5091133681/ 

• The certification course map is as good to review as the mapmyrun course map.

The marathon course is two loops of this map. The first 2.4 miles will be a climb with spots that level off.
However, after that it's minimal elevation changes and a nice downhill finish.
This course will feature amazing views of the Canyon and will be one of the most scenic and unique events you will run.
The full marathon will be two loops.
The half marathon is one loop.
The 5k goes out 1.55 miles and turns around.
The 10k goes out 3.1 miles and turns around.

Half Marathon and Marathon Course Info:

The course is actually a combo of road and trail. 

The half marathon is an out and back loop, out 6.5543 miles and turnaround.

The first 4.2 miles are paved (and hilly!). That part ends around the scenic overlook. For the next 2.3 miles, since there is little auto traffic, it is a trail.

This trail is hard packed dirt, with no roots or potholes. It's really in very good shape. 

• All runners/walkers are encouraged to carry their own hydration and fuel.
• There will also water and Gatorade at all stations.
• There will be aid stations every 2 miles, starting at mile 2.
• Please make sure to put your garbage (bottles, gels, etc.) in or near the provided garbage cans on the course (just after the aid stations) or carry it to the next station. 

We love our uniformed service members and their families. All of our events feature a 10% discount on race entry for all service members and their family. Please use code SERVICE to receive this discount.

This discount is available to all active duty service members, their spouse and children, as well as their parents and brothers and sisters. Please note: parents, brothers and sisters, spouse and children do not need to be active service members!

Entry fees will include a beautiful medal and lanyard, t-shirt and running socks.

5K - t-shirt
10K - t-shirt
Half - t-shirt
Marathon - t-shirt
Combo - t-shirt

Additional T-shirt can be ordered for: $10.00.


MEDAL 2024

Please park at 5440 Route 6, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Look for the Red Barn and park in that field. 
Across the street from the parking area there is a sign for Sunset Ice Cream and the Burnin' Barrel restaurant and bar.
There will be NO onsite parking for the any event. 
There will be port-a-potties at the parking area. 
It is a .6 mile walk from the packet pickup area to the race start, so please plan your race morning appropriately.